ITV's new drama, The Long Shadow, is a dramatisation of the five-year hunt for The Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. But how was he caught and what happened after his arrest? Find out here…
Sutcliffe s heinous crimes sparked one of the largest criminal investigations in UK history, during which he was dubbed by the British press as The Yorkshire Ripper .
Richard McCann, 53, whose mother Wilma was the Yorkshire Ripper s first victim has revealed how he forgave the serial killer before his death after hearing a lecture from Desmond Tutu.
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